Combination height-increaser, heel-cushion, and stocking-protector.



No. 898,120. PATENTED SEPT. 8

' L. W. LITCH.

COMBINATION HEIGHT INCREASER, HEEL CUSHION, AND

STOCKING PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 27, 1905.

wo'filesses f' i LEMUEL WARREN LITCH, OF LYNN,

COMBINATION HIEIGHT-INGREASER, HEEL-CUSHION, AND

Specification of Letters Patent.

MASSACHUSETTS.

s'rocKIne-rno'rncron.

Patented Sept. 8, 1908.

Application filed October 27, 1905. Serial No. 284,622.

To all whom it may concern: 7 Be it known that. I, LEMUEL WARREN LITCH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lynn, in the county of Essex and Commonheight-increaser,

. wealth of Massachusetts,

. heel, and a protection for the stocking, secin connection with ond, to provide an improved and economical manner and process of making the same, and third, to secure other advantagesand results, some of which may be referred to hereinafter ri'ous parts.

I The invention consists of the arrangement and combination of the parts of, and in an improved and economical manner and process of making and constructing, a combinaresponding parts in each chamois or any other tion height increaser, heel cushion and stocking protector, all substantially as well as here-' inafter set forth, and finally embraced in the clauses of the claims.

Referring to the. accompanying drawings, in which like letters of reference indicate'corof the several fig- 1 is the top portion of my appliance, Fig. 2 shows the bottom portion, Fig. 3 is the heel cushion, Fig. 4 shows all the parts assembled, Fig. 5 shows a bottom'v'iew of my appliance, Fig. 6 shows the ankle portion. Fig. 1 represents the plan of the main or body portion of my appliance, laid fiat as it is cut from the material of which it is made, said material being calf skin, I sheep skin, suitable substance or fabric. The said main'or body .portion as shown in Fig. 1 is made in one piece and is out just high enough to enable my appliance ures, Figure when finished to be worn with low shoes with ing oilt showing. The dotted lines h-h-, f and f represent'machine stitching, the dash line. g g re resents an edge formed by the moldan turning over of the portion D, both as hereinafter described. r

-Fig. 2', represents the bottom'or sole portion of my appliance. There are two of the description of t-l1e vathese and they differ only in that one is skived down at the edges so as' to lie flat against the surface of A (Fig. 1) giving a finished-effect to the appliance" and acting as the outer sole, while the other is not so skived and acts as the inner sole, both as hereinafter. designated. The dotted lines hh here again represent the same stitching as h-,h in Fig. 1.

Fig.- 3, represe ts the cushion portion of my appliance which is made of heavy felt, cork, rubber or any other suitable material. L represents a gradual skiving down to a thin edge at M so as to insure comfort to the foot. The -said cushion portion, is made in any desired thickness and may be sewed in position, but is generallyheld in place-by a strongadhesiv'e cement. The skiving L varies of courseaccording to the thickness of the cushion portion.

. Fig. anoe showing all the parts in position.

Fig. 5 isa bottom view of my appliance showing how the portion D is molded and turned onto the ipnersole portion. The dash lines K represent the limits of the outer sole portion when it is in position. outersole portion may bemade of a different color material than A (Fig.1) in order to give a contrast and a desired finished effect.

of elastic webbing the ankle and thus hold' Fig. 6 represents a piece intended to go over my appliance in position. It is shown in positionon Fig. 4 by E represent the stitching by which E is fastened to my appliance. J

The objects of my invention, as aforesaid, I attain by a combination of the component parts as illustrated in said accompanying 4 13 a perspective view of my appli- The said drawing, after first, by a particular manner and method, putting the portion indicated in said drawing by Fig. 1, through a certain process of molding, and turning the flange CDT. onto a piece of similar material, Fig. 2, shaped in outline like the heelof the human foot. At the sametime this molding and turning is accomplished, the portion turned,"

D, is gummed, stuck and pressed into position onto the inner heel shaped piece. See Fig. 5. The outersole portion is then placed in position and all three are stitched through as indicated by the dotted lines h -h Fig. 5.' My cushion portion C E are then fastened in position as aforesaid and as shown in Fig.4.

My said appliance 1s made in various sizes and portion according to the size of the heel upon which it is intended to be worn.

It will be noted that one of the important advantages of my device is that it is not a permanent part of a shoe, but is removable, at Will, from a shoe With which it is used. It thus constitutes an article of manufacture separate and distinct from a shoe. A shoedealer may thus keep in stock a great number of my devices and sell them separate from shoes. For the life of an ordinary shoe, a person using my device will probably need more than one device, and he is thus enabled to replace a worn device by an entirely new one, at pleasure; or to Wear one of the devices of my inventionwvith a shoe when he chooses, and dispense with the use thereof when he likes. v

Having thus described my invention, what -I claim as new, and .desire tov secure by Letters Patent is ,7

As a new artlcle of manufacture, a' comtector strip of suitable soft bined stocking-protector, height-increaser and heel-cushion, comprising a stockingr0- material mo ded to the contour of a human foot, and disposed in an upright position, the lower edge of said protector-strip being bent inward at an angle to form a flange, a substantially horizontal outer-sole portlonsld-isposed on the bottom of said flange, a substantially horizontal innersole portion disposed on the top of said flan e means for securin the sole-members to t e flange, and a cus 'on-member disposed on saidinner-sole portion.

Y In testimony that I claim the foregoin -I have hereunto set my hand this twentyth day of October A. D. 1905 in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

LEMUEL WARREN LITCH.

Witnesses: E. M. SMERLING, E. B. PIKE, Jr. 

